Attaching buckles and loops



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUCIUS C. CHASE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHING BUCKLES AND LOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Pa T0 all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, LUoIUs C. CHASE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attaching Bucklesand Loops; and I do hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiieation, in which- Figure l is a front view of a buckle and loop and Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same.

Corresponding parts are indicated by the The nature of my invention consists in attaching the common kind of buckle A, and loop D to a strap, C, by means of a metallic plate, E, and rivets f g, thereby saving not only the labor of sewing, but also all that portion of t'helap 7 of the'strap which passes through the loop in the usual method of attaching buckles and loops. Y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvement, I will now describe its construction and operation.

A is a buckle of the common construction, provided with the usual tongue, b.

C is a strap of leather or webbing 7 passed through the buckle A and pierced by the tongue b in thevusual manner. The lap, however, instead of passing through the loop C, extends only to it, as represented in Fig. 2.

D lis the loop, which is constructed precisely like those in common use.

E is a thin piece of iron or other suitable metal, either cast or punched from asheet, provided with two or more rivet-holes, f and g, and shaped as clearly shown in the drawings, being bent ath to form one end of la recess for the inner half of the loop D, the other end of said recess being formed by the end ofthe lap of the strap, as shown in Fig. 2.

tent No. 43,093, dated June 14, 1864.

A hole for the reception of the tongue b being made at the proper distance from the end ofthe strap, the latter is passed through the buckle and the lap turned down. The formed loop D is then placed in the proper position on the strap, and the metallic plate E is passed through the loop and onto the lap and strap, as shown in the drawings. The flatheaded rivets j and g are then inserted and headed down in the usual manner. The rivet f, passing through one end of the plate and the lap, confines the latter securely to the strap, while the rivet g contines the opposite end of the plate to the strap.

The loop D, (being inclosed by the end of the lap, the shoulder h., the plate E, and strap 0,) will thus be securely attached as well as the buckle. Thus taking into account the saving of labor in sewing and of leather in thelap, l(the place of which lap is lled by the metallic plate, which is atleast three times as cheap as leather,) I am enabled by my improvement to accomplish the end desired at half the expense of the usual method of attachingloops and buckles. My method is, moreover," neater and stronger than sewing.

The drawings represent two rivets only. It is obvious, however, that more may be used if necessary. The shoulder h may also, in some instances, be dispensed with, the elasticity ot' the plate and the bend of the strap accomplishing the same purpose.

Having thus described the construction and operation ot'my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

Attaching loops and buckles to straps by means of the metallic plate E and rivets f and g, substantially as and for the purpose described.

LUCIUS C. CHASE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. STEVENS, HENRY F. CHASE. 

